From kde-devel  Mon Jun 13 20:52:17 2005
From: Steven Pasternak <stevenp500 () bellsouth ! net>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 20:52:17 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: $KDEDIRS?
Message-Id: <42ADF201.301 () bellsouth ! net>
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Albert Chin wrote:

>On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 06:40:32PM -0400, Steven Pasternak wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi! I use SuSE 9.1 (kde 3.2.1) and want to compile kde 3.4.1. I have 
>>compiled kde 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4 in the past on other distros, so I 
>>am not completely new to this procedure. I noticed tha SuSE installs kde 
>>in /opt/kde3, but has overriding icons and config files in 
>>/etc/opt/kde3. For example, 
>>/opt/kde3/share/icons/crystalsvg/128x128/apps has a kmenu.png icon, the 
>>kde default, and /etc/opt/kde3/share/icons/crystalsvg/128x128/apps has a 
>>kmenu.png, which is a lizard head, and is the kmenu icon. If I delete 
>>the lizard head, the icon goes back to the /opt/kde3/.../kmenu.png. I 
>>have seen the variable $KDEDIRS pop up in the past, but it isn't set in 
>>this case for me. How could I tell the kde I am going to compile to 
>>install in /opt/kde3, and look in but not write to /etc/opt/kde3 like 
>>SuSE has it? Do I need a patch for kde? Thanks!
>>    
>>
>
>Maybe SuSE has a kdeglobals file in /opt/kde3/share/config that has
>the following:
>  [Directories]
>    prefixes=/etc/opt/kde3/...
>
>  
>
Nope. /opt/kde3/share/config/kdeglobals had neither a '[Directories]' 
nor a 'prefixes=...'.
-Steven
 
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